Upper ocean response of the Mesoamerican Barrier Reef System to Hurricane Mitch and coastal freshwater inputs: A study using Sea-viewing Wide Field-of-view Sensor (SeaWiFS) ocean color data and a nested-grid ocean circulation model

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 112, Issue 7, 2007, Pages

  Sheng, Jinyu ^a   Wang, Liang ^b   Andréfouët, Serge ^c   Hu, Chuanmin ^b   Hatcher, Bruce G ^d   Muller Karger, Frank E ^b   Kjerfve, Björn ^e   Heyman, William D ^e   Yang, Bo ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^c INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (New Caledonia)

^d CAPE BRETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; BUOYANCY; COASTAL ZONES; HEAT FLUX; HURRICANES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OCEAN CURRENTS; OCEANOGRAPHY; REEFS; SEAWATER;

BARRIER REEF; FRESHWATER INPUT; HURRICANE; HURRICANE MITCH 1998; OCEAN COLOR; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; SEAWIFS; UPPER OCEAN;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN SEA; MESOAMERICAN BARRIER REEF;

EID: 34548647508     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006JC003900     Document Type: Article

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